Letters to the Editor Friday

Scripture tells us that Our Savior is a God of justice, and blessed are those who wait for Him.

I can’t stop thinking about the Trayvon Martin case. I’ve tried to because not much can be done at this point.

The verdict has been rendered and our justice system carried out its duty to Trayvon’s parents.

My heart still aches though. I, like many others in this country, feel that this verdict sets a dangerous precedent. I worry about what it means for the children I want to have someday.

I worry for their safety in the face of mistrust, doubt and prejudice, all of which can occur without hatred and with seemingly good intentions.

My nephew is three years old. He is so smart, with beautiful brown skin and big brown eyes. I keep thinking about him and how easy it will be for him to be harmed when he is older, just because someone thinks that he looks out of place.

All I can think is that Jesus understands the pain people feel because of this case. One day, He will hold all His people and the barrier that doesn’t allow us to truly see each other for what we are will be lifted.

Oh God, make haste to save us. Please.

ZAHNWHEA GEORGE

Savannah

Trayvon should have ignored Zimmerman

I understand the grief involved in a young man’s passing. It is especially sad when that death comes violently.

What I don’t understand is the mindset that so many people in this country have regarding the acquittal of George Zimmerman.

While they may not agree with the concept, there are laws which govern our society.

In this case, while Zimmerman could have chosen to diffuse the situation, what he did was not illegal. The actions of Trayvon Martin, however, were.

He chose, rather than to call a cop, walk home and engage his parents over the situation, or simply walk away and live to protest the actions of Zimmerman, to take it upon himself to attack Zimmerman.

As long as our youth, whether white, black or otherwise, are of the mindset that it is a breach of their constitutional rights to be “dissed” (or profiled or looked at funny or any of a number of other bogus slights), then dumb results like the death of Trayvon Martin will continue to occur.

The black community (in this particular case) needs to step in and act like parents and teach their children they can’t bully people into doing what they want.

CRAIG HUGHES

Savannah

Obama uses verdict to divert public attention

This country has been riveted for the last few weeks on the George Zimmerman trial. This trial has brought out some things that need to be addressed.

The press has gotten into the fray along with our government. They have all tried to influence the outcome of that trial and put social and political pressure on the court. Fortunately they were not successful in getting the outcome that they desired.

It was a tragedy in that the young Trayvon Martin was killed and Zimmerman will be plagued for the rest of his life. This could have been avoided easily because there was never enough evidence to convict, so the trial should never have happened.

The problem of our government getting into the fray was wrong. There are reasons why that happened.

President Obama does not care about Trayvon Martin or George Zimmerman. He wrongly involved himself and the Justice Department to divert the attention of the country from a large number of the problems.

This diversion of attention to the trial has worked and now that a verdict has come down he has continued by pressing for racial division, so that attention to the above problems will be down-played.

WAYNE ALTMAN

Savannah

Wind energy benefits consumers, environment

In David A. Ridenour’s July 11 column about wind power, he culled a series of exposed myths, called them facts and developed wildly misinformed conclusions.

To address Mr. Ridenour’s most glaring flaw, the vast majority of wind turbines installed in the U.S. do not use rare earth metals, and even those that do don’t have domestic supply options.

Federal incentives to wind power and other renewables cost significantly less than those historically provided to other energy industries. According to a DBL Investors study, “The federal commitment to (oil and gas) was five times greater than the federal commitment to renewables during the first 15 years of each (incentive’s) life, and it was more than 10 times greater for nuclear.”

The Production Tax Credit, wind’s primary incentive, is tax relief that spurs investment in domestic, clean energy. It has resulted in over 80,000 jobs and an average of $17.9 billion in investment in our economy annually, and more than pays for itself in local, state and federal taxes produced over the life of a typical wind project.

Wind energy produces large benefits for consumers and the environment because wind energy displaces on a 1:1 basis electricity that would have been produced by the most expensive and least efficient power plant.

SUSAN SLOAN

Director of State Relations

American Wind Energy Association

Washington, D.C.

Soccer games on NBC won’t be a kick to watch

Kudos to ESPN these last few years. They took a chance with the English Premier League soccer audience and won a good following.

Now, however, because NBC just can’t waste an opportunity to ruin things, their coffers are allowing them to take the Premier League matches for the upcoming season. If viewers enjoyed the ESPN coverage over the last few years, well, prepare for certain disappointment.

Just look at what NBC has done to the Olympics. No respect for the “boring” little games, more interested in listening to themselves talk than showing events and rarely showing anything without U.S. athletes.

Worse, they mostly show only those live events where U.S. gold is certain and big money is to be made.

ABC has shown a number of MLS games live and good on them. I can only hope that NBC will do the same and not relegate (no pun intended) Premier League games to a “taped earlier” status. I’ll be happy to eat my words, but I’m not holding my breath.

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My name was Antonio West and I was the White 13-month old child who was shot at point blank range by two African American teens who were attempting to rob my mother, who was also shot. A Grand Jury of my mommy's peers from Brunswick GA determined the teens who murdered me will not face the death penalty...too bad I was given a death sentence for being innocent and defenseless.

My family made the mistake of being white in a 73% non-white neighborhood, but my murder was not ruled a Hate Crime. Nor did President Obama take so much as a single moment to acknowledge my murder.

I am one of the youngest murder victims in our Nation's history, but the media doesn't care to cover the story of my tragic demise, President Obama has no children who could possibly look like me - so he doesn't care and the media doesn't care because my story is not interesting enough to bring them ratings so they can sell commercial time slots.

There is not a white equivalent of Al Sharpton because if there was he would be declared racist, so there is no one rushing to Brunswick GA to demand justice for me. There is no White Panther party to put a bounty on the lives of those who murdered me. I have no voice, I have no representation and unlike those who shot me in the face while I sat innocently in my stroller - I no longer have my life.

So while you are seeking justice for Trayvon, please remember to seek justice for me too. Tell your friends about me, tell you families, get tee shirts with my face on them and make the world pay attention, just like you did for Trayvon.

Has new headaches, he may be impeached YET !!!! More news about govt. surveillance......Now the DEMOCRATS are busting his chops.... The UNIONS hate obamacare, and the injustice dept is falling apart.....now THAT'S entertainment !

Drill, Baby, Drill? We need all forms of electricity generation in this country to secure our nation for centuries to come. If we could put politics aside long enough to look beyond our own 100 years on earth, we would realize that we need oil, gas, nuclear, wind, solar, biofuels and all forms of energy to meet the needs of many generations to come after we are long gone from this earth. We live in a world that is consuming more fossil fuels than ever before and that will only increase each year for the rest of the modern worlds existence.

We must be thoughtful in our approach to the environment as well as take care of our electricity demands. Wind energy is a powerful source of electricity for the US and the rest of the world and comes with zero cost to our environment, uses zero water to produce the electricity it provides, and has created 80,000 good paying jobs in the US. The Department of Energy, during George W. Bush's administration, published a report that you can read here==> http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wind/wind_energy_report.html that details the tremendous benefits to our economy as well as the cost advantages that wind energy can provide long term to the United States.

I am a conservative Republican that believes that we need all forms of energy to sustain our great nation for the next century and beyond. Wind Energy is a modern marvel that is now an integral part of that diverse energy portfolio we have and need for a strong America.

So all Trayvon had to do was ignore Zimmerman, ever heard of Wayne Williams? One would think that some of the 29 men and boys murdered in Atlanta (1978 to 1981) might have tried to ignore him. Also where is the evidence that Trayvon threw the first punch?

Why the constant outrage only over white on black crimes even though 92% of black murders happen at the hands of other black people, aren’t we really saying to the black community “we don’t expect as much from you.

Yes I have heard of Antonio West, but don’t see how that compares with the Zimmerman Case. Did they arrest the shooter in that case or did they wait 4 month until public outcry made them do something. Yes there is a lot of black on black murders in this country, what has that got to do with the Zimmerman case? If Zimmerman was black and Trayvon was white, wonder which side a lot of the Zimmerman supporters would be on then.